G. M. Chernov | Searcharxiv

arXiv2011

Coherent Dissociation $^{16}$O~$\rightarrow$~4$α$ in Photoemulsion at an Incident Momentum of 4.5 GeV/$c$ per Nucleon

First searches for the coherent dissociation of relativistic oxygen nuclei into four a particles are reported. It is shown that reactions of this type are characterized by a significantly lower decay temperature than the conventional multifragmentation of residual projectile nuclei. The momentum spectra and correlations of a panicles are not reproduced by the simple statistical model of direct fragmentation. The possibility that the oxygen nucleus undergoing fragmentation acquires a nonzero angular momentum in the collision process is discussed.

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arXiv2011

{Coherent Dissociation $^{12}$C~$\rightarrow$~3$α$ in Lead-Enriched Emulsion at 4.5 GeV/$c$~per Nucleon

The transverse-momentum distributions and correlation characteristics of relativistic $α$ particles from the coherent dissociation of a carbon nucleus into three $α$ particles at 4.5 GeV/$c$ are studied in lead-enriched emulsion. Comparative analysis of data obtained in ordinary and lead-enriched emulsion stacks is performed. It is shown that the statistical model of rapid fragmentation does not describe the momentum and correlation characteristics of a $α$ particles in the rest frame of the carbon nucleus. The estimated decay temperature of $^{12}$C is weakly dependent on the target atomic mass. It is shown that the carbon nucleus undergoing fragmentation acquires angular momentum in the collision.

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